Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Albany, NY

July 15, 1997Dutchess County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1997, 4:08 PM EDT for Dutchess County, New York. It was in force for 67 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 1997, 4:08 PM EDT (20:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 1997, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Dutchess County, NY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 15, 4:19 PM EDTThunderstorm WindPleasant Vly, NY

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 103 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1997-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1020 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1997-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1020 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
794 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KALB 152008 RRA
SVRALB
NYC027-152115-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
408 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
 
   ...DUTCHESS COUNTY
 
AT 408 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EAST OF
POUGHKEEPSIE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH...AND WILL
REACH THE TACONIC PARKWAY BY 420 PM...AND REACH PAWLING AROUND 430 PM.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
 
KL/HTS

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 15, 3:09 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
307 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0253 PM   H ULSTER HGTS               NY   WIND DAMAGE
07/15/97   ULSTER                         TREES DOWN

0258 PM    ACCORD                    NY   1 INCH HAIL
07/15/97   ULSTER                         QUARTER SIZE HAIL

BLAES /NWSFO ALY
Local storm report, Jul 15, 3:22 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
322 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0224 PM    ACCORD                    NY   WIND DAMAGE
07/15/97   ULSTER                         TREES DOWN

0258 PM    ACCORD                    NY   1 INCH HAIL
07/15/97   ULSTER                         QUARTER SIZE HAIL

0312 PM    CORINTH                   NY   WIND DAMAGE
07/15/97   SARATOGA                       TREES DOWN

0320 PM    ULSTER HGTS               NY   WIND DAMAGE
07/15/97   ULSTER                         TREES DOWN
07/15/97   ULSTER                         TREES DOWN
Local storm report, Jul 15, 3:26 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
322 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0224 PM    ACCORD                    NY   WIND DAMAGE
07/15/97   ULSTER                         TREES DOWN

0258 PM    ACCORD                    NY   1 INCH HAIL
07/15/97   ULSTER                         QUARTER SIZE HAIL

0312 PM    CORINTH               f    NY   WIND DAMAGE
07/15/97   SARATOGA                       TREES DOWN

0320 PM    ULSTER HGTS               NY   WIND DAMAGE
07/15/97   ULSTER                         TREES DOWN
07/15/97   ULSTER                         TREES DOWN
Local storm report, Jul 15, 3:45 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
345 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0340 PM    WILTON                    NY   WIND DAMAGE
07/15/97   SARATOGA                       WIRES DOWN ON A BUS/TREES
                                          DOWN BOTH /TREES UPROOTED
                                          ON EXIT 16 OF THE NORTHWAY
Local storm report, Jul 15, 3:48 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
345 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0340 PM    WILTON                    NY   WIND DAMAGE
07/15/97   SARATOGA                       WIRES DOWN ON A BUS/TREES
                                          DOWN BOTH /TREES UPROOTED
                                          ON EXIT 16 OF THE NORTHWAY
Local storm report, Jul 15, 3:59 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP G
0401PM     TUE JUL 15 1997
GCOS WLSR QHQT QTRF APTS WAPT
04591    FILE 28   SARATOGA COUNTY SHERIFF NY0450000  JUL 15-97
TO       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
         COPY SEMO DUTY OFFICER
                   THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND REPORT

COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: SARATOGA

LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): TOWN OF WILTON - TRAVER & DIMMICK
RDS / PERRY AND OLD GICK / GURN SPRINGS RD/ BALLARD RD / CO 67 TOWN OF SARATOGA
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 7/15/97 APPROX 3:10 PM
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: WIRES AND TREES DOWN

CHECK ONE:
HAIL SIZE REPORTED
( ) - NO HAIL REPORTED    ( ) - LESS THAN 1/2" (PEA)
( ) - 1/2" (MARBLE)       ( ) - 1/2" TO 3/4" (PENNY)
( ) - 3/4" TO 1" (DIME)   ( ) - 1.25" (HALF DOLLAR)
( ) - 1.50" (WALNUT)      ( ) - 1.75" (GOLFBALL)
( ) - 2.00" (HENS EGG)    ( ) - 2.50" (TENNISBALL)
( ) - 2.75" (BASEBALL)    ( ) - 3.00" (TEA CUP)
( ) - 4.00" (GRAPEFRUIT)  ( ) - 4.50" (SOFTBALL)
NUMBER KILLED:          NUMBER INJURED:

CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
LIGHTNING REPORTED AS ( ) - CLOUD TO CLOUD  (X) - CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING DAMAGE TO:            ( ) - TREES
( ) - POWER/TELCO POLES   ( ) - POWER/TELCO LINES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS     ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
(X) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS  ( ) - CROPS
NUMBER KILLED: 0        NUMBER INJURED: 0

CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
HIGH WIND/T'STORM WIND DAMAGE   ( ) - CROPS
(X) - SMALL TREES/SHRUBS  (X) - LARGE TREES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS     (X) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS  (X) - POWER/TELCO POLES
(X) - POWER/TELCO LINES

RELIABLE WIND SPEED REPORTS:     MPH OR    KNOTS
NUMBER KILLED: 0        NUMBER INJURED: 0

FLOODING (IF EXTENSIVE, SEND SEPARATE FLOOD MESSAGE FROM MENU)
( ) - STORM SEWER OVERFLOWS, UNDERPASSES, STREET FLOODING
( ) - LOCAL SMALL CREEKS OVERFLOWING
( ) - STREAMS AND LARGE CREEKS FLOODING (COMPLETE REMARKS W/DAMAGE

REMARKS: HIGH WINDS ALSO REPORTED IN SCHUYLERVILLE  HEAVY RAIN/WINDS ALSO
REPORTED IN HALFMOON

AUTH PHONE #: 518 558-6761

AUTH DESK SGT DEBORAH A BUSH                   BUSH / 3:51 PM
OPER - REISNER,JEFFREtY B              1601

The office that day

Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 1:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYGreene56 min
Jul 15, 1:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYGreene56 min
Jul 15, 2:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYUlster67 min
Jul 15, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSaratoga65 min
Jul 15, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSaratoga, Washington60 min
Jul 15, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWarren51 min
Jul 15, 5:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYHerkimer69 min
Jul 15, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHerkimer69 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.